Sympatico Technology is reporting that Microsoft has announced its subscription based version of Office Suite.

The software suite, which is available to people who have signed up for the "beta" test version since March, will offer users Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007, with the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.

It will also include the Microsoft Office Live Workspace connector on the Microsoft Office toolbar, where users will be able to save documents online and share them with others, as well as security and backup services.

The company said it would announce pricing and availability of the final version later this year.

Albany group product manager Bryson Gordon said it was introducing the online subscription version in order to give customers more options on how to buy the software. Users will still be able to buy software in stores on discs if they choose.

"We're just making it really convenient and painless for consumers to get up and running in a few mouse-clicks," he said on the Microsoft website. "At the same time, we are definitely not straying from our traditional software sales model. There will always be a significant number of users for whom purchasing a perpetual license to the latest version of Office is still the best choice."

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Posted at 11:47AM Apr 20, 2008 by Kevin P McAuliffe in Inform  |  Comments[0]